In a 13-page motion filed with the court, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert depicted Martin as a dangerous, unrepentant gang member. Smiley Martin is being held without bail. Smiley Martin's attorney, Meghan Cunningham, declined to comment after the hearing. Instead, both men face charges about having guns when they weren't supposed to while Dandrae Martin is also charged with assault with a deadly weapon.Īnother court hearing is scheduled for Tuesday for both Smiley and Dandrae Martin. While authorities say both Martin brothers fired guns, they have not charged either with murder. Martin faces charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a machine gun. Investigators say Martin is one of five people who opened fire in a crowded Sacramento intersection earlier this month. Smiley Martin makes his first appearance in Sacramento County Superior Court, in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, April 22, 2022. But so far police have only identified four of them: Smiley Martin his brother, Dandrae Martin 27-year-old Mtula Payton and 29-year-old Devazia Turner. Police say at least five people fired bullets in the shooting on a crowded intersection in downtown Sacramento. He did not enter a plea during the brief appearance and only nodded when the judge asked to confirm his name. Martin, with a bandage on his left arm, appeared in Sacramento Superior Court on Friday on charges of possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm by a felon. Smiley Martin, 27, was one of 12 people injured in the gunfire and has been hospitalized with gunshot wounds since the bloodshed April 3. SACRAMENTO (AP) - An alleged gang member with a "life-time commitment to violence" fired at least 28 bullets earlier this month during a mass shooting in California's capital city that left six people dead, prosecutors said.
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